Jeffrey L. Neumann
B. 1953 Cedar Rapids, IA
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1973-75
Springfield College, B.S. 1981, M.Ed. 2008
Represented by: Iris Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA and in numerous corporate and private collections including: Alexandria Museum of Art, Mass Mutual Life Ins. Co., Fleet Bank, Baystate Medical Center, U.S. Congressional Offices, The City of Springfield, MA and The Town of Hillsdale, NY. Open edition prints published by Fine Art New Mexico.
Biography
Jeff Neumann spent his childhood in New Mexico, California and Massachusetts. Although he lives in Upstate New York, the Southwest continues to inspire his art. He visits as often as he can. He uses his photos from road trips as references for his oil and watercolor paintings.
Neumann worked as a radio disc jockey, a graphic designer, art director and advertising account executive before beginning a marketing career in the fine art papers industry, where he was employed for 20 years.
In 2005 he left the corporate world to earn his M.Ed. degree in Visual Arts. He has taught art at the high school and adult levels. From 2009 to 2019 he owned Neumann Fine Art Gallery in Hillsdale, NY, where he represented nine artists. Since 2019 he has focused full time on painting.
Exhibitions and Bibliography
Solo Exhibitions
2024 The Humanity of Place, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2024 Retro-perspective, Art School of Columbia County Gallery
2023 Echoes of America, Greg Moon Art, Taos, NM. Artist in Residence: September 23 - October 17, 2023
2022 Bar Vino, North Creek, NY
2018 The Warren Family Gallery, Berkshire School, Sheffield, MA
2017 Hometown, Neumann Fine Art, Hillsdale, NY
2017 Millbrook Public Library, Millbrook, NY
2015 Vanishing America, The Moviehouse Studio Gallery, Millerton, NY
2013 Vanishing America, Sharon Historical Society, Sharon CT
2010 Road Trip, Bing Arts Center, Springfield, MA
2006 In America, Great South Bay Gallery, Hudson, NY
2005 Art Exchange Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004 EarthFoods, Hudson, NY
1997 Highway 61 Revisited, Becket Arts Center, Becket, MA
1992 Cafe Manhattan, Springfield, MA
Group Shows
2024 Academic Artists Association 74th Annual National Exhibition, Arts Center East, Vernon, CT
2024 Variations, Marblehead Arts Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Marblehead, MA
2023 49th Annual Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, New Mexico
2022 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, 35th September Competition, Juror, Elizabeth C. Weinstein
2022 Hudson Valley Art Assn. 89th Annual Juried Exhibition: Thora Jensen Memorial Award for Oil Painting
2022 Watercolor Art Society - Houston, 45th Annual International Watermedia Exhibit, Juror, Soon Y. Warren
2022 Art Essex January Invitational, George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT, Juror, David Masello
2021 New Britain Museum of Art, Nor’Easter 51st Annual Juried Competition, Juror, Cristina Tafuri
2021 George Billis Gallery, Art Essex Summer Invitational, Westport, CT, Juror, George Billis
2021 Alexandria Museum of Art, 34th September Competition, Juror, Andrew James Wolf, PhD
2021 Vestige Gallery, Backroads, Art Less Traveled, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Art Essex Gallery Second Virtual Invitational Exhibition, Juror, David Masello
2021 Art Essex Gallery Live Invitational Exhibition at George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT, Juror, Lisa Cooper
2020 Art Essex Gallery Virtual Invitational Exhibition, Juror, George Billis
2020 Hudson Valley Art Assn. 87th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyme Art Assn. , Old Lyme, CT
2020 Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL, 12th Biennial National Juried Exhibition
2019 A Summer State of Mind, The White Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2019 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, 32nd September Competition
2019 After Dark 8, National Juried Exhibition, Greg Moon Art, Taos, NM, Juror, Greg Moon
2019 Representing the West, National Juried Exhibition, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO, Juror, Tony Ortega
2018 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, 31st September Competition, Third Place, Juror, William Eiland
2017 Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition, Borderland State Park, North Easton, MA
2016 Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition, Borderland State Park, North Easton, MA
2016 North River Gallery, Chatham, NY, two-man show with photographer Ian Creitz
2016 Hudson Valley Art Assn. 83rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
2015 Hudson Valley Art Assn. 82nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
2014 Art of the Northeast, Juried Exhibition, Silvermine Arts Center Gallery, Silvermine, CT
2013 The Berkshire Art Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2013 The Power of Place, Neumann Fine Art, Hillsdale, NY
2012 Three Visions, Neumann Fine Art, Hillsdale, NY
2012 Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition, Borderland State Park, Easton, MA
2012 Adirondacks National Watercolor Exhibition, View Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
2012 The Built Environment, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2012 Kent Art Association, Kent, CT, President's Show
2012 Kent Art Association, Kent CT, Members Show
2011 CCCA Hudson Arts Walk, Hudson, NY
2011 CCCA "Wabi Sabi" Juried Show, Hudson, NY
2011 Roeliff Jansen Community Library Artist Studio Tour Exhibition
2011 Gilded Moon Framing & Gallery, Millerton, NY
2011 Copake Falls Day Invitational Juried Show, Copake Falls, NY
2010 Kent Art Association President's Show, Kent, CT, Award of Excellence - Any Medium
2010 Hanback Gallery, Millerton, NY
2009 Hanback Gallery, Millerton, NY
2008 Tappan Z Gallery, Tarrytown, NY
2008 Gallery 137, Juried Member's Show, Indian Orchard, MA, Honorable Mention
2008 Hanback Gallery, Lenox, MA
2007 Columbia County Council on the Arts, Annual Juried Show, Hudson, NY, First Place, Works on Paper, Juror:John Weber
2007 Hanback Gallery, Lenox, MA
2007 Gallery 137, Blue Plate Special, Invitational Show, Indian Orchard, MA
2007 Columbia County Council on the Arts, Portrait Show, Hudson, NY
2006 Southwick Cultural Commission Annual Juried Show, Southwick, MA
2006 Oxygen Gallery, Inaugural Invitational Show, Saint Paul, MN
2004 Paradise City Arts & Crafts Show, Northampton, MA
2003 Pen & Brush Gallery, Minds Island Show, New York, NY
Press and Publications
Register Star, (newspaper) Aug. 7, 2024, feature article, Neumann joins Art School of Columbia County Board
Academic Artists Association 74th Annual National Exhibition Catalog, June 2024
Tempo, The Arts Magazine of The Taos News, September, 2023
Aspen Sojourner Magazine, Winter 2022, The Keller Prize
Hudson Valley Art Association 89th Juried Exhibition Catalog, 2022
Society for Commercial Archaeology Road Notes, feature article, Summer, 2022
Alexandria Museum of Art 34th September Competition Exhibition Catalog, 2021
Society for Commercial Archaeology Newsletter, feature article, Fall 2021
Main Street Magazine, July 2020
Hudson Valley Art Assn. 87th Annual Juried Exhibition Catalog, 2020
Compass Magazine of The Lakeville Journal, 8-29-19
AMoA Matters, Publication of the Alexandria Museum of Art, Summer/Fall 2019
Alexandria Museum of Art 32nd September Competition Exhibition Catalog, 2019
Tempo, The Arts Magazine of The Taos News, issue of March 21 - 27, 2019
Alexandria Museum of Art 31st September Competition Exhibition Catalog, 2018
Our Berkshire Times, Holiday Issue 2017, cover artist
Society for Commercial Archaeology Newsletter, Winter 2017
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Fine Art Today Newsletter, February 2, 2017
Our Berkshire Times, October 2016
The Millbrook Independent, October 2015
Lakeville Journal, October 2015
Triangle, The Alumni Magazine of Springfield College, feature article, Winter 2014
Main Street Magazine, August 2014
The Litchfield County Times, September 2013
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine - Fine Art Today Newsletter, July 2013
The Springfield Republican, December 2010
The Artful Mind, November 2010
The Society for Commercial Archeology Journal, Summer 2010
“The Artist’s Magazine” September 2008
“Wide Format Imaging” June 2008
“Art Business News” March 2007
“Art World News” March 2007
THE Magazine, July 2005
Santa Fe Circle, Spring 2005
“Art World News” cover, Aug. 2006
“Art Business News” Jan. 2004 “Trendsetters” profile